The Silver Lining Foundation - Addressing Violence and LGBT Youth Support in Trinidad and Tobago

Let’s Get Better Together: IG Live!

Posted on July 15, 2021 by Earl Edmund

July is Trinidad and Tobago’s local #Pride month 🏳️‍🌈, and against the backdrop of COVID-19, we are reminded that many members of our community are experiencing increased hardships with regards to their physical and mental health, economic livelihoods and personal safety under this pandemic. ‘Building Stronger Families: Let’s Get Better Together!’ is an opportunity to connect and discuss ways we can best support ourselves and each other. Join us on Instagram Live (@silverliningtt) Wednesday 21st July at 7:30 pm as…

CSE? #SayLess! WE’RE LIVE!

Posted on June 28, 2021 by Earl Edmund

🤩 IT’S HERE! 🤩 With our partners at The Family Planning Association of Trinidad & Tobago, Kaleidoscope Trust, The Commonwealth Equality Network & Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, this campaign is intended to provide the much-needed #CSE resources that the parents of our #LGBTQI young people desperately need. We intend to facilitate parents in understanding how to navigate their loved one’s queer experience, allowing them to greater increase and/or improve their knowledge, skills, attitudes and values to fully support their…

Happy Pride!

Posted on June 1, 2021 by Earl Edmund

Pride Month means many things to different people. Pride is a feeling, a way of life. Pride is a time to remember not only the reasons for our existence but also a time to remember those who we’ve helped along the way. Pride is also a time to memorialize those who we have lost on the way. This month, we celebrate and remember members of our community, like Colin Robinson and Marc Anthony Singh/Maria Venus Raj. Pride Month is a…

CSE: #SayLess

Posted on May 31, 2021 by Earl Edmund

WHAT IS COMPREHENSIVE SEX EDUCATION? 🤔💭 Find out this upcoming Pride Month 🌈 as we roll out resources (and other exciting material 🤩) to promote the need for #CSE in Trinidad and Tobago! 🇹🇹 Let us know what comprehensive sex education looks like to you. 👇 Say safe. Say responsible. Say healthy. Say empowered. #SayLess…

Happy Pansexual Visibility Day!

Posted on May 24, 2021 by Earl Edmund

Pan erasure can occur due to a lack of understanding, misconceptions, and/or the desire to enforce strict binaries (e.g., gay or straight). As a result of this, many pan-identifying folks may feel alienated both in heteronormative society and in queer spaces. But pan people are real, visible and here to stay. Happy Pansexual Visibility Day 2021! ❤️💛💙…

IDAHOBIT 2021: Together: Resisting, Supporting and Healing

Posted on May 17, 2021 by Earl Edmund

Written by: Shaian Albert The COVID-19 pandemic, unfortunately, continues to ravage across multiple countries, including ours, exacerbating conditions of violence, exclusion and discrimination towards the most vulnerable groups and communities. LGBTQI+ individuals have experienced amplified levels of institutional discrimination, violence and bullying. Exclusion from proper health care, housing, education and financial aid have been some areas in which individuals identifying as LGBTQI+ continue to be stigmatized within various states. Lockdown measures have fuelled instances of abuse of LGBTQI+ teens at…

Remembering Marcus Anthony Singh

Posted on April 15, 2021 by Brandon Kalyan

The Silver Lining Foundation extends its condolences to the family and friends of Marcus Anthony Singh, also known as Maria Venus Raj. We mourn this loss and recognize him for living authentically, and confidently in his identity.…

Rush Casting Call!

Posted on March 19, 2021 by Brandon Kalyan

AD CASTING | LGBTQIA SOCIAL MEDIA PSA Executive Producer: The Silver Lining Foundation Seeking: M/F + Non binary Actors, Models, 20 – 55 y/o (See character breakdown) For: Commercial/Advertisement Working Title: LGBTQIA Social Media PSA Logline: A queer son tries to handle his overzealous father who misses the mark when it comes to his support of him. Character Breakdown: SON: Male, Early 20’s, Mixed Race, Dark Skinned, Somewhat AthleticFATHER: Male, Late 40’s- Mid 50’s, Medium Build, Working Class, Rough around the edges. A typical cis gendered middle…

Dear Colin…

Posted on March 4, 2021 by Earl Edmund

The Silver Lining Foundation (SLFTT) celebrates the life of our friend and colleague, Colin Robinson. Like many others, no amount of preparation could have made us ready to say goodbye and truly, we are still not ready. His passing leaves us saddened and heartbroken. No words or emotion fully conveys the sadness and grief we all share over this loss. We extend our deepest and most heartfelt condolences to his family and friends during this time. Colin epitomized passion in…

International Women’s Day Walkout.

Posted on March 2, 2021 by Brandon Kalyan

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 1.03.2021 Contact: Asiya MohammedPhone: (868) 721 9852Email: asiya@conflictwomen.com INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY WALKOUT #WalkoutForWomen Port of Spain: The violent murders of 18 year-old Ashanti Riley and 23 year-old Andrea Bharatt has brought Trinidad and Tobago to a tipping-point of social action and demands for justice. Ordinary citizens across the country have led protests, marches, rallies, motorcades, strikes, and candle light vigils over the past weeks, demonstrating the type of courage that isrequired by our leaders in this time…

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